SYNOPSIS OF THE GENERA. 



ORDER II. DIGYNIA. 2 Pistils. 



1. ANTHOXAN'THUM, [Page 33.] Glumes of two unequal valves, 

 containing one perfect and two imperfect florets; the 

 middle floret perfect. Glumella of two small awnless 

 valves ; the lateral florets each reduced to a single awncd 

 valve. 



CLASS III. TRIANDRIA. 3 Stamens. 

 ORDER 1. MONOGYNIA. 1 PistiL 



1. VALKRIA'NA, [Page 24.] Calyx a thick slightly crenated mar- 



gin, ultimately expanding into a feathery pappus. Corolla 

 of one piece, tuhular, the limb five-cleft, gibbous or spurred 

 on one side at the base. Fruit single-seeded, surrounded 

 ut the top with the feathery pappus. 



2. FK'DIA, [Page 36.] Calyx three to five unequal teeth, first very 



small, at length crowning the fruit. Corolla of one petal, 

 gibbous at the base, the limbs of five unequal segments. 

 Capsule indehiscent, of one fertile and two abortive cells. 



3. CRO'CUS, [Page 39.] Perianth divided into six equal coloured 



segments, its tube longer than the limb, and enveloped in 

 two or more membranous sheaths. Stigma three-lobed, 

 dilated, folded, and variously cut and jagged at the ex- 

 tremity, 



4. TRICIION'EMA, [Page 42.] Perianth divided into six deep equal 



segments ; its tube shorter than the limb, and enveloped 

 in a sheath longer than the tube. Filaments short, hairy. 

 Stigma very slender, deeply divided, its lobes bipartite, 

 spreading. Capsule three-celled. Seeds globose and nu- 

 merous. 



5. Iius, [Page 43.] Perianth single, of six unequal segments, 



three alternate ones larger and reflexed. Stigmas three, 

 resembling petals, and forming a covering to the oblong 

 anthers. 



** Flowers inferior, glumaceous. Seed single. 



6. O'i'EROS, [Page 44.] Flowers in spikes. Spikelets two-ranked, 



imbricated, many-flowered. Glumes of one keeled valve, 

 generally fertile, equal. Bristles none, Style simple, de- 

 ciduous. 



